Undergraduate - UnitHSC3061 - Health program evaluation

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6 points, SCA Band 2, 0.125 EFTSL

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Level	Undergraduate
Faculty	Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences
Organisational Unit	Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine
Offered	Berwick First semester 2014 (Day) Caulfield First semester 2014 (Day) South Africa First semester 2014 (Day)
Coordinator(s)	Ruth Klein (Berwick, Caulfield), Mrs Jackie Witthuhn (South Africa)

Synopsis

This unit will equip students with skills to undertake the evaluation of health promotion programs and policies using a range of methodologies. Levels of health program evaluation, including formative, process, impact, and outcome evaluation, will be examined. The range of qualitative and quantitative methods that are appropriate for different evaluation questions will be presented. An emphasis will be placed on the evaluation challenges posed by the complexities of health promotion and the contexts in which it is carried out, with case studies used to illustrate these issues. Evaluation design and data collection options to strengthen knowledge of program impact will be explored.

Outcomes

By the completion of this unit, it is expected that the student will be able to:

distinguish between levels of evaluation in health promotion and recognise how these are linked to program plans;
select quantitative designs that are appropriate for different evaluation questions;
identify the range of qualitative study designs that can be employed and the strengths and weaknesses of these for different strategies and contexts;
identify methods to measure indicators at all levels of evaluation;
develop survey questions and interview guides that demonstrate an understanding of measurement quality;
recognise different aspects of measurement reliability and validity and how these can be evaluated;
develop a comprehensive evaluation plan

Assessment

Evaluation design exercise (template provided): 10%
Project evaluation plan (template provided): 40%
Presentation of data collection tools (20 min oral presentation
30 min class activities): 20%
Data collection instrument (2000 words): 30%
Hurdle requirement: 80% attendance at tutorials

Chief examiner(s)

Ruth Klein

Workload requirements

3 hours per week

Prerequisites

One of (HSC1061, HSC1082 or BND1002)
and
one of (HSC1072, HSC2051, HSC2101 or BND2001)